Railway-joint fastening.



PATENTED MAR. 3'

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RAILWAY JOINT FASTENING.

APPLIOATIO'H IILE'D SEPT. 22, 1aoa'.

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UNITED STATES Patented nrmh 5,1904.

WARREN. H. ,CASE, or MOUNT VERNON, OHIO;

- RAILWAY-JOINT FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,279,'dated March 8,1904-.

Application filed September 22, 1903- Serial No. 174,176- (No modem;

' Toi wll whom it may concern;

- zen of the United States, residing at Mount I Be it known that LWARRENH. CASE, a citi- Vernon, in the county of. Knox and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Joint Fastenings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements'in railway-joint fasteni'ngs.-

It has for its object to provide for coupling or uniting rail-sectionsin an effective and simple manner as against springing unevenly upwardor vertical-displacement at the joints or of parts, including theirconstruction and 'ar- .and Fig.5 is a meeting points, and yet permit oflimited movement betweentherail-sections incidental to expansion andcontraction. Also it'provides" for bracing the parts in position fromand within the plane of the rail-sections or their flanges, asdistinguished from effecting this from the rail-ties as heretofore,wherein resides the effectiveness of this invention. j

Said invention consists of the combination rangement, substantially ashereinafter more fully disclosed, and specifically pointed out by theclaims concluding the following'specificw tion.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment ofmyinvention, Figure 1 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 2 is a side view.Fig. 3 is a central transverse section. Fig. 4 is an inverted or underside view; section taken transversely through the parts. below the"rail-sections,

showing more especially their wedgi'ng ac-' tion. Fig. 6 is amodification of acertain detail of said invention presently fullydescribed.

In the carrying out of my invention I apply laterally to therail-sections where they unite or meet duplicate lateral pieces or bars1 1, arranged or held close to the web of the rail-sections, the same.being seated upon the rail-flanges and resting below the tread of therail-sections within the plane of the last noted.

Said pieces or bars have upward-extending promotions or lugs 1,preferably at their inner corner edges, engaging corresponding notchesor sockets 1*, produced in the under side of the laterally-extendingtreads of the rall-sections to prevent the possible lateral or areinclined der opposite rail-sections, wedged within the loops, or bracesand the bottoms of saidrail-sections,

grooves or depressions P therein for outward displacement of said barsat their upper edges;

or sloped, have passed or inserted through them at said sloping orinclined end portions truss rods or braces 2 2, also passingrail-flanges and held upon-said sloping-end while said lateral orcoupling bars bear upon the rail-flanges these, their "securing rods orbraces, do not contact with said flanges to pro- .vide for the movementof the rail-sections under the action-of the law'of expansion andcontraction. Said rod or braces are thus bowed or looped downwardthroughand unand interposed or is a bolster or block' 4, having.transverse the 'par- 'tial reception of said rods 0r braces. Said rodsor braces have their looped or bowed por. tions inclined or convergedtoward each other Saidbars or pieces, whose ends A ss through elongatedlateral recesses 3 1n the portions by nuts tapped upon said rods. Thusbetween said rods or. in a direction away from their points of vconnection with the coupling or' joint bars 1 to provide for stressingthe latter, so as to cause them to bind or be forcibly held laterwebs ofvthe rail-sections as ally against the flanges thereof below the well asagainst the tread. This, it is obvious, will have the effect to firmlyor solidly hold or secure saidv railsections, especially at theirmeeting ends, as against springing or ,yielding upward as the car-truckWheels pass said points, as would otherwise-be the case.

The bolster or block 4 is forced downward upon the rods or braces 2, anditself securely held orwedged in place by a wedge 6, driven or forcedinto position between said block or bolster and the under side of therail-section in a plane immediately centrally of the joint,

said wedge being held against endwise or longitudinal displacementpreferably by a pin or key 7 inserted through the tapered end of saidwedge at a point-:beyond said bolster. Said bolster or block, preferablyrounded or convex' on its lower surface, has a recess or depression 4:"in its upper surface to receive said wedge and retain it against lateraldisplacement. Said key or' pin is preferably of spring metal and formedby doubling or bending the initial piece upon itself and compressing andpassing the members thus formed one piece therewith by properlydisposing said end terminals with relation to said coupling-bars in thecasting operation.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to details herein, asthey may be changed as circumstances suggest without departing from thespirit of my invention and the same yet be protected. v

Having thus-described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is- 1 a 1. A railway joint fastening embracingcoupling bars applied to the rail sections, truss-rods secured to saidcoupling-bars, and means effective, with said truss-rods, to clamp saidcoupling-bars upon the flanges, and Webs of the rail-sections, wherebythe use of fastening-bolts for that purpose is obviated.

2. The combination of lateral coupling-bars adapted to bind upon thewebs of meeting rail-sections and resting upon the flanges thereof,truss-rods integral with means for securing the same in position, andmeans to effect such binding action. 1

3. The combination of lateral coupling-bars the rail-sections to of saidcoupling-bars upon said rail-sections.

ed to be applied therein to receive said braces ed to clamp the meetingends of sections and resting upon the flangs thereof,

truss-braces having rebent terminals passing through, and bearing upon,said coupling-bars, and meansforefi'ecting a binding action between saidcoupling-bars and said webs via said truss-braces,

4,. The combination of coupling-bars adapted to be applied to meetingrail-sections and engage the web and flange portions thereof, loopedtruss-braces adapted to be secured to said coupling-bars and relativelyconverged, and means interposed between said braces and deliver thebinding action 5. The combination of coupling-bars adaptto meetingrail-sections and engage the web and-flange portions thereof,

end portions or looped truss:brace 's adapted to be secured to saidcoupling-bars and relatively converged toward each other, a bolsterhaving grooves I and means to retain said bolster in position. a 6. Thecombination.ofcoupling bars,adaptrail-sections and having inclined endportions, looped trussbraces relatively converging toward each other,coupling-bars, a bolsterhaving grooves therein to receive saidtruss-braces, a wedge let into a recess in said bolster andhinser'tedbelow the rail-sections, and means for the retention of said wedgeagainst displacement.

In testimony whereof I: have signed my nameto this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARRENHQOASE. Witnesses: v

W. E. GRANT, IDA UNDERWOOD.

means for securing saidbraces to said

